Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP), Boeing (BA),Caterpillar (CAT), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan (JPM) and 3M (MMM). Dow stock 52 week lows include General Electric (GE).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -7 points.

Tuesday the Dow was up +167.80 (+0.72%) at 23,441.76.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +18.62%.

There were 16 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by 3M (MMM) +5.91% and Caterpillar (CAT) +4.98%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by IBM (IBM) -2.30% and General Electric (GE) -1.93%.

Visa (V +0.82%) rose almost 1% in pre-market trading after it reported Q4 operating revenue of $4.90 billion, above consensus of $4.63 billion.

European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $2.459 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 9/26/17 after the market close of $0.57, beating estimates calling for $0.515 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/12/2017 before the market open of $1.76, beating estimates calling for $1.709 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open of $5.02, beating estimates calling for $4.343 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open of $1.90, beating estimates of $1.823 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open of $2.66, beating estimates calling for $2.607 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 after the market close of $3.30, missing estimates calling for $3.325 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 10/18/2017 after the market close of $1.50, beating estimates of $1.487 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/19/2017 before the market open of $0.91, beating estimates calling for $0.724 per share.

Verizon (VZ) report earnings on 10/19/2017 before the market open of $0.98, matching estimates of $0.984 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open of $0.29, missing estimates calling for $0.49 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open of $1.09, meeting estimates of $1.093 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $2.33, beating estimates of $2.253 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $1.95, beating estimates of $1.301 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $2.32, beating estimates of $1.792 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $1.73, beating estimates of $1.719 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open of $2.72, beating estimates of $2.709 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open of $0.50, meeting estimates of $0.495 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open of $0.90, beating estimates of $0.884 per share.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 10/26/2017 after the market close.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/26/2017 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 10/31/2017 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 11/2/2017 after the market close.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 11/9/2017 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 11/14/2017 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 11/15/2017 after the market close.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 11/16/2017 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

3M (MMM)

3M (MMM) is up +30.80% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous +3.6% with purchase sub-index +4.2% and refi sub-index +3.0%.

0830 ET Sep durable goods orders expected +1.0% and +0.5% ex transportation, Aug +2.0% and +0.5% ex transportation. Sep capital goods new orders nondefense ex-aircraft expected +0.3%, Aug +1.1%.

0900 ET Aug FHFA house price index expected +0.4%, Jul +0.2% m/m.

1000 ET Sep new home sales expected -1.1% to 554,000, Aug -3.4% to 560,000.

1030 ET EIA weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1130 ET Treasury auctions $15 billion of 2-year floating-rate notes.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $34 billion of 5-year T-notes.